After Allison of BrocanteHome posted some photos of Holly Farrell's paintings, I've been wanting to see if I could capture a bit of the beauty and simplicity of everyday objects the way Holly does through her paintings. This morning I had some fun pulling out a few of my old cookbooks, photographing them, then playing around with my photo editor in an attempt to capture something of the feeling of Holly's work. In the end, I've decided it really doesn't matter if I did or not because I like the photos as they are. I just love the vintage wallpaper cover on the top cookbook.
Look at the neat oilcloth cover on this one - it's an early edition of the Fanny Merritt Farmer cookbook.
I like the vintage wallpaper cover on the top cookbook.
One of the things I like doing is making sepia tones in my photo editor.
I think this is my favourite composition, so far. That was a fun exercise. Next, I've got buttons and sewing things on my to-do list.
